Charleston Dining vs Taco Mayo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charleston Dining
Discover Charleston's culinary scene with this app. Find restaurants with menus, photos, amenities, and reservation options. Advanced search filters by name, location, or cuisine type make finding your next meal easy.
- Restaurant listings for Charleston and surrounding areas
- Menus, photos, and amenities
- One-tap reservation capabilities
- Advanced search by name, location, cuisine
- GPS directions
- Photo galleries
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AmericasCuisine, The Culinary Encyclopedia of America, now offer an App packed full of restaurant listings for Charleston, South Carolina and surrounding areas. Every restaurant listing includes menus, photos, restaurant amenities, reservation capabilities and GPS directions to help mobile diners find the best meal in the city. Using advanced search options, pick your restaurant by name, location, cuisine type or meals served with the search option. The Charleston Dining App is supported by AmericasCuisine.com, a Nationwide Dining Guide that diners and travelers have learned to trust over the past 20 years. New Features of the Charleston Dining App include: • One-Tap Reservations - to Easily Find Restaurants that Accept Electronic Reservations • Real Current Menus Approved by each Restaurant • Extensive Search Options • Read extensive restaurant descriptions • Photo Galleries • Social Media Sites for each Restaurant • Restaurant Listings for Charleston, North Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Folly Beach, Sullivans Island, James Island, Johns Island, Isle of Palms, West Ashley and Summerville
Taco Mayo
Easily order your favorite meals for delivery. Select your preferred store using your current location, browse the menu, and place your order. Receive notifications for special offers and promotions.
- Location-based store selection
- View full menu
- Order food for delivery
- Push notifications for specials
- Easy ordering process
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Ordering delivery from Taco Mayo has never been easier! Use your current location to select your favorite store, and then tap the “Order" button to view the menu and order your favorites. Opt in for push notifications, and we'll notify you of specials and promotions. Download it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Charleston Dining at 100% against Taco Mayo's 4%. Charleston Dining also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 20 months). Taco Mayo's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Charleston Dining holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taco Mayo has 83 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Charleston Dining's written reviews are positive against 4% of Taco Mayo's.
Charleston Dining ships an update every 4 months, Taco Mayo every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charleston Dining | Taco Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.6 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 3.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cuisine Development | ToGoTechnologies, LLC. |
Customer experience
Charleston Dining
Taco Mayo
Bugs and requests
Charleston Dining
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Taco Mayo
Reported bugs
17 issues- App continuously crashes
- App fails to load
- Login failed
- App only shows limited menu items
- App doesn't save favorite location or payment details
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- App allows ordering from closed locations
- App doesn't hold orders
- App crashes when viewing map
- App crashes when opening
- App doesn't launch on newer iOS versions
- App doesn't process payment
- App displays incorrect store locations
- App doesn't allow navigation to other menu options
- App doesn't allow removing items from orders
- App doesn't allow changing store locations
- App doesn't process payment
- App shows incorrect prices/discounts
Requested features
8 requests- Save favorite location and payment details
- Ability to cancel orders
- Customer service contact number
- Full menu availability
- Correct store locations displayed
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- Improved privacy for personal information
- Ability to remove items from orders
- Accurate pricing and discounts
In-app purchases
Charleston Dining
No in-app purchases
Taco Mayo
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Charleston Dining free?
Is Taco Mayo free?
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